Valid Names Results

Coccidella kissbalazsi Konczné Benedicty & Kozár, 2004 (Rhizoecidae: Coccidella)

Nomenclatural History

• Coccidella kissbalazsi Konczné Benedicty & Kozár 2004: 167. Type data: BRAZIL: Locality and host plant not indicated; collected 1995 by J. Balogh.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Zoological Department, Hungary; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• SchneiLa2024: pp.128 ( Adult (F) ) [addition to key by Kaydan et al. 2018]
• KozarFo2004: pp.175-177 ( Adult (F) ) [Coccidella species]

Remarks

• Systematics: This species differs from all other species in the genus by possessing ostioles with sclerotized lips and by the absence of eyes. (Kaydan, et al., 2018)
• Structure: Body elongate oval, 0.50–0.85 mm long, 0.23–0.35 mm wide. Eyes absent. Antenna 5 segmented. Legs well developed, 2 large translucent pores present on hind tibia. Claw digitules spine-like, 5 μm long. Both pairs of ostioles present, lips heavily sclerotized. (Kaydan, et al., 2018)
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Kozár & Foldi (2004) and by Kozár & Kinczné Benedicty (2007).

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